The aquilifer I started lots of threads ago has finally been photographed decently. I've started on a 4th C cavalry officer, also depicted.<br>
<img src="http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/1557441.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
<img src="http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/1557440.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=jasperoorthuys>Jasper Oorthuys</A> at: 2/11/03 8:44:30 pm<br></i>
being a miniaturepainter myself (Warhammer), those look great! From which compagny are both models? I like the flesh of both models, how did you do that? Do you use oilpaint or acryllpaint?<br>
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gr, jeroen<br>
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Those are 54mm scale (well, officially, but they're slightly larger) models from Pegaso. I use oils for skintones. The rest of the aquilifer was painted mostly in humbrol enamels, using only Sepia dark oil paint for the darkest shadows. The rest of the cavalryman was painted in Vallejo acryclics, as an experiment. <p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i></i>
That aquilifer must have been a Dutch recruit. Either that or he's been shaving his legs. No way is he from Italia with such nice bare skin! <p></p><i></i>
Hmm, yeah, I considered that problem. But painting a five o clock shadow on his legs would look silly, darkening the skintones would be wrong too, so what can I do? Paint a few hundred hairs 35 times as thin as real hair? <p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=jasperoorthuys>Jasper Oorthuys</A> at: 2/12/03 1:54:26 pm<br></i>
Jasper, to make hair:<br>
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Take a small paint brush, and apply a very thin coat of sour creme. Give it a few days, and a layer of mould will grow on it, thus giving you hair. <p><br>
Magnus/Matt<br>
Optio<br>
Legio XXX "Ulpia Victrix" </p><i></i>
So like a woman to notice the leg-hair and it is it a coincidence that a young guy living on his own knows about mould? <p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i></i>
Salve,<br>
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If your leg hair is white or greenish in colour, Matt, you should see a doctor.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
i checked pegaso models, they have great miniatures. Are those sold unpainted? Did you buy them online or in a store (shops which sell miniatures are hard to find here in the Netherlands).<br>
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sigh, so many miniatures, so little time....<br>
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gr, jeroen<br>
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Yup, they're sold unpainted only. I bought them from [url=http://www.zinnfigur.com/menue/titel.html" target="top]this German site[/url] <p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i></i>
Excellent painting!<br>
I really like the shading!<br>
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and it is a well known fact that the Roman men tweezed their body hair, so they didn't have "5 o'clock shodow". Actuallyy true, tweezing and hair removal tools are found in military contexts! OUCH!<br>
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Let's see how authentic you really want to be... of course waxing is also period. (So is mold ) <p></p><i></i>
Now there's the pot calling the kettle black Jasper....<br>
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And Sander, I could say something really gross....but I won't....for once <p><br>
Magnus/Matt<br>
Optio<br>
Legio XXX "Ulpia Victrix" </p><i></i>
Sure, but I didn't come up with the idea, now did I? <p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i></i>
Hey, I was only trying to help you out...but in my own defence, I can honestly say, since living on my own, nothing has ever gotten mouldy. Unless you count the plastic container I found recently in my fridge, that now contains liquified tuna...no clue how old it is. <p><br>
Magnus/Matt<br>
Optio<br>
Legio XXX "Ulpia Victrix" </p><i></i>
Salve,<br>
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If the tuna has grown grey hairs it must surely be pretty old.<br>
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Rgeards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>